Type-writer cabinet.



M. FOLEY.

TYPE WRITER CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 18, 1904.

941,985, Patented NOV. 30, 1909,

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MICHAEL FOLEY, OF HERKIMER, NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITER CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

Application filed July 18, 1904. Serial No. 217,076.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, MionfAnL FOLEY, citizen of the United States, residing at Herkimer, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Type-Writer Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to type-writer cabinets, more particularly typewriter cabinets having slidable and removable base boards for carrying the machines; and it has for its object to provide a type-writer cabinet embodying a slidable and removable base board so arranged, relative to a platform and a suitable support below the platform, that it affords an even and level surface for a machine and at the same time rests flush with the surface of the platform so that the latter presents the appearance of being in one piece and the finish of the cabinet as a whole is enhanced.

lVit-h the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a type-writer cabinet embodying the invention; the base board being shown as slightly extended from the platform. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken through the platform and the slidable base board. Fig. 3 is a section taken at right angles to Fig. 2, and illustrating the base board in the position in which it is placed when the cabinet is to be closed, and: Fig. t is a view similar to Fig. 2, of a modified construction hereinafter referred to.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 thereof: A is the body of a type-writer cabinet, which may be of any construction compatible with the purposes of my invention. B is the usual lid. C is the platform connected with the body and the lid in the ordinary or any other approved manner; and D is the slidable and removable base board carried by the platform. The platform O is pro vided with an opening E, preferably formed by cutting the board D therefrom, and is also provided below the said opening with a support F, and above the opening with retaining and guide strips Gr, preferably of metal nickel plated or otherwise embellished, to add to the finish of the desk. The support F may be of any suitable construc tion without involving a departure from the scope of my invention, though I prefer to use a panel glued or otherwise connected to the underside of the platform, as shown. The slidable base board D is arranged in the opening E of the platform, and between the support F and the strips G, and hence the said base board may be freely moved forward and backward in the said opening, and

as freely removed from the opening and re-.

placed therein. The base board D is preferably sawed or otherwise cut from the platform C after the said platform is veneered or otherwise made up. This is materially advantageous because it assures a snug fit of the base board in the platform, and also because it assures the grain of the base board matching that of the platform, with the result that the platform presents the appearance of being in one piece, and the beauty of the cabinet is increased. The formation of the base board D out of the platform C is also advantageous from an economical standpoint, inasmuch as the support F below the opening E is always hidden from View, and hence may be made of comparatively cheap material.

In virtue of the interposition of the base board D between the support F and the strips G, it will be observed that while the said base board is free to be moved in the opening E of the platform, it affords an even and level surface for a typewriter, and this whether arranged entirely within the opening E or slightly extended from the platform. WVhen the base board D is slightly extended from the platform, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to position the typewriter machine close to the operator, the strips G will obviously hold the base board against tilting, and hence said base board will support the machine in a stable and firm manner. It will be further observed that the adaptability of the base board to be removed from and replaced in the platform, permits of the type-writer machine being carried to and used in an apartment other than that containing the cabinet without the necessity of effecting any disconnections; the machine being of course carried on the base board to which it is connected by bolts, not shown, extending through openings a in the base board.

Any suitable means for retaining the base board against tilting and guiding the said base board, may be employed in lieu of the strips G without involving a departure from the scope of my invention. For instance either the platform C or the base board D, may be provided with strips G in the form of tongues, which strips are arranged in grooves G of the other element, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that while my improvements add but little to the cost of the cabinet and do not detract in any measure from the finished appearance thereof, they permit of a typewriter machine being adjusted in the cabinet and removed from the cabinet and replaced therein with great facility.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiments of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understamling of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to such specific construction and relative arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention, as claimed.

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Pat ent, is:

1. In a typewriter cabinet, the combination of platform having an opening therein formed by cutting a base board therefrom, a suitable support arranged below the said opening, and the said base board slidably arranged in the opening and on the support and normally occupying its original position in the platform, whereby it matches the same in grain and shade.

2. In a typewriter cabinet, the combination of a platform having an opening therein formed by cutting a base board therefrom, a panel support fastened to the underside of the platform and resting below said opening throughout the area thereof, the said base board slidably arranged in the opening and on the support and normally occupying its original position in the plat form, whereby it matches the same in grain and shade, and means with which the platform is provided, whereby the base board is guided and held against tilting.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL FOLEY.

Witnesses Osoan R. .VHITEHEAD, CHAS. B. PERRY. 

